Robin Williams' Memory to Live On at Iconic SF Tunnel

MARIN COUNTY, CA- The Bay Area is paying tribute to the late comedian and actor Robin Williams; a tribute that will remain in place for years to come.

This week, signs were installed outside the former Waldo Tunnel in honor of Williams. The state Legislature passed a resolution to rename the iconic rainbow decorated pass on U.S. Highway 101 in Marin County last June.

"It is official," Belvedere resident Julie Wainwright, who spearheaded an effort last year to rename the tunnel, tweeted with a photo. "You can now drive through the Robin Williams Tunnel when going to/from Marin and San Francisco."

Wainwright said she lives three miles from Williams’ Tiburon home where the actor and comedian took his own life Aug. 11, 2014 at the age of 63.

“I often saw him running errands, walking the dog, performing at local theater, working at the coffee shop,” Wainwright said on the Change.org website where the signatures were gathered. “Robin wasn’t just an international icon - he was an integral part of our community here in the Bay Area. We claim him as our own."

Caltrans said last year the signs would be paid for with donations from non-state sources.

— Photo courtesy “Change the name of the Waldo tunnel to The Robin Williams Tunnel” petition via Change.org.